The Democratic press. [volume] (Ravenna, O. [Ohio]) 1868-1901, 1887-09-29
From the Cincinnati Times-Star.l 4.
FAMILIAR SPIRlTS,
DIR. Wolfe Talks of Modern Spirits
ualism.
He says the Late f. "a. Plimpt0n
Expects TO Address a Mass Meet.
ing in M usic HALLS emark.
able state nm ents.

| able Statem ents.
] recently gave summary of start
ling phenomena which occurred in my
parlors in the mediumistic presence o
Mrs. Helen Fairchild, who, ct the
time, was guest in my family. d
some of these manifestations L now
propose to speak with more particu.
| larity.
Mrs. Fairchild is before the public
as medium for spirit manifestations
therefore felt free-to ask her the day
after she came to my house to favor
me with a materializing seance, with
which request she complied.
To enable her to do this put up q
pine board nine feet long, extending
from the chimney jamb in my back
parlor to the casing of postern door.
Over this board hung curtain about
eight feet long. reaching to the floor.
That enclosed a shallow corner of the
room and, by shutting out the light,
gave to the place quietness and pri-
vacy essential to form good conditions
for naturalization.
supposed Mrs. Fairchild would go
behind this curtain and exhibit the
materializations through its opening
folds i; but in this / was mistaken.
Oho eihply uTcW OOWu buc WlQuOW
shades in the parlor to mellow the
sunlight, and then walked back and
forth in front of the suspended cloth
in full view, and mingled with the
audience, sometimes ten feet away
from the curtains.
While Mrs. Fairchild stood three
feet in front of the curtain through it
came a female figure, clad in a white,
gauzy material. She was tall, had
dark hair, lustrous black eyes, and q
brunette complexion. Her form was
graceful, and her step as noiseless as
the brush of down.
The spirit was recognised as the sis
ter of one present, who held with her
q subdued conversation for several
minutes. Her power growing feebler,
she retreated behind the curtain, and
was lost to view. 2lr
AWhiIe Mrs. Fairchild stood ten feet
from the curtain q manifestation oc-
Cured, which, from its suddenness,
almost took nay breath, Midway be-
tween the medium and the curtain, q
figure of a slender man grew rapidly
from the floor to the height of six feet
and a half. His hair hung over his
shoulders and his beard to his waist,
as white as fleece. Anyone who had
been as familiar with the author of
" Hot Corn" as I, could not fail to
recognise at once the form of Solon
Robinson. I rose to my feet, as he
extended his hands, and took them
beth in mine. He shook them cor.
daily. and in q distinct voice said:
=" My dear friend, have strength TO
walk about the room with you," and
taking my left arm, we walked slowly
+, nd hn hA
while saying substantially: You
have new the truth palpable that when
a man dies he is neither dormant nor
dead, but resurrects as he does after
sleep. We quit the body when it no
longer promotes the growth of the
spirit. / did not know this in my
earth life, but now know it, and the
truth has made me free? | could not
believe there was an after life. Death
seemed to me the last of earth. 1t may
appear paradoxical to you, but the fact
is, man does not really begin to live
until he dies"
"As you lived an Atheist in this life,
MFR Robinson L said, Twas your IN
belief n disadvantage to you when you
came to realize the existence of a spir-
it world ?"
"Those who neglect to improve the
opportunities of time have regrets, but
not reproaches.
who does the best his circumstance allows.
Does well. acts nobly; angels could no more.
"In the eternity of time we mature
in wisdom and pass to the higher life.
am as busy here as in my most active
years on earth. I feel that life Is just
beginning for me. There are cries here
as appealing as Hot Corn and 1 am
listening to them"
The voice of the spirit now faltered
and grew rapidly indistinct. looked
into his face on which calm and be-
nignant expression rested, but his
speech was gone. He pressed my
hands and began gradually to sink
down, down, down, until all of him
was lost to sight but his head and the
hands I held in mine. His white
beard lay on the carpet at my feet for
a moment, and then went out, as a
snowflake melts away in water. CO.
instantial with his evanishment his
hands eluded my grip, and 1 stood
alone on the shores of time-he, in
eternity. A few minutes after 1 re-
sumed my seal, mentally saying "what
next?" was surprised and gratified
to see the form and hear the voice of
my old friend Plimpton.
How different in form, features,
speech and power this spirit from the
one lust passed out of sight. He grasp
ed my two hands cordially as friend
and shook them with a good deal of
strength. He drew up chair and sat
to me vis-a-vis. As he did this he said:
:" L am glad to see you, old boy. Tn
glad to come to you, my old friend.
This is great medium. She gives us
great powers. She will enable us soon
to hold naturalization in an electric
light, and to speak in q voice strong
enough to fill Music Hall. Yes, sir,
we will do it, old boy! We are re-
hearsing now for that purpose. You
don't know we have a green room
here? Well, we have, and are pre-,
pairing actors for grand debut. They
are receiving instructions how to hold
power under trying conditions, SO as
they may stand unmoved against as
saults of any kind-even to resist the
stale eggs of bigots and superstitious
zealots.
"What will France do when she
poleon and Josephine in the midst of
her people again as they appeared in
the palmiest days Of the Empire?
Rather, what will she not do when
her. beloved Emperor shall break
deaths seal of silence and once more
speak to his people with words of 10y
al love and wisdom, as he did when
his eagles carried his arms in triumph
through q hundred sanguinary bat
ties? Make a note of it, my friend.
Napoleon and josephine will soon
appear and speak to the French peo-
pie! When they do the nation will
rise in splendor and glory, unsurpass-
ed in ali her previous history. BOu-
langer will not elevate France. Peace
has it's victories as we'll as war. The
Nation will grow in wisdom, and be-
come a teacher of the arts of peace to
Others"
The spirit spoke this with anima-
tion then turning to Mrs. Fairchild,.
said "You don't know this old fell
low as / do. We have passed many
pleasant hours together in this house.
1t was here / got my first light of the
spirit world. He knows how to pro-
vide a good dinner and to spit it with
attic salt, ii he will"
"And you used TO feign excuses for
not sitting up when you came late,
until you saw something savory on
the table, when you did not need much